Palm Springs is back in the time warp with the 17th annual Modernism Week extravaganza!

In this NBCares, Sandie Newton sits down with Modernism Week Executive Director Lisa Vossler Smith who shares what you can expect from the most significant mid-century architectural treasures of Palm Springs.

Upcoming Modernism Week Highlights

Tours

Premier Double Decker Architectural Bus Tour
Modernism Week Featured Home Tour: Maison Bleue Moderne
Modernism Week Featured Home Tour: Seventies Sackley
Modernism Week Featured Design Project Tour: Limón
Forgotten Frey: Albert Frey’s Cree House
Frey House II Tour + Museum Day Passes
A Tour of Richard Neutra’s Home
A Visit To S. Charles Lee’s Tamarisk West
Barry Berkus’ Chalet Palms – A Vision for Community Resort Living
Boomtown – Revel in the Revivals
Calypso Palms Maiden Tour
Cody Court Historic William Cody Homes of Rancho Mirage
El Rancho Vista Estates Home Tour
Explore A Modernist Time Capsule From Another Millennium
Frank Sinatra’s Neighborhood – The Movie Colony
Heart of the City – Pioneers to Playground of the Stars
Historic Tennis Club Tour of Homes
Hot Purple Energy Architectural Bike Ride – North
Mesquite Canyon Estates – A Late Midcentury Modern Enclave
Modernist Treasures – Lush Living on the Links
Park Imperial South: Experience the Original Concept for Palm Springs Resort Living
Seven Lakes Golf and Country Club Home Tour
Shangri-La of the Stars – Midcentury Showcase
Temple Isaiah – The Evolution of Classical to Extreme Modernism
The Lautner Compound Tour
Twin Palms Estates Exteriors Walking Tour – Krisel with the Alexanders Ushered in a New Design Era

Shows & Exhibitions

Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale
Palm Springs Modern Design Expo
2022 Modernism Week Vintage Trailer Show
Behind the Velvet Ropes of Studio 54 Fashion Show
Curated Vintage Event
Iconic Fins and Tails of Classic Midcentury Autos
Modernism Week Vintage Car Show
Modernism Yard Sale
The Jack, King & Queen of SHAPE: Ben SEIBEL, Russel WRIGHT & Eva ZEISEL: An Exhibit of Rare Dinnerware

Talks & Films

“A Design Revolution: The Harvard 5 in New Canaan”
A Very Cool Shag Experience with Josh Agle
Alan Hess on Organic Modern Master Architect Kendrick Kellogg
As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling
Charles Phoenix: FABULOUS FLORIDA in the 50s
Film: ALUMINATION – The Story of Airstream, an American Icon
Glamour Road – Color, Fashion, Style, and the Midcentury Automobile
Jones Studio Houses: Sensual Modernism
Lost, Saved & Endangered: Modernist Architecture in Palm Springs
Home Movie Day
Little Island – An Invitation to Dream in New York City
Mojave Modern, Sonoran Style with Alan Hess
Monday with Marcel Breuer
Mother Nellie Coffman and Her Beloved Desert Inn
Preservation of Modernism in Havana, Cuba
Selection: Art, Architecture and Design from the Collection of Ronnie Sassoon
The Architecture of Desert Leisure
Tom O’Donnell: Generous Spirit of Palm Springs
Vera – The Art and Life of an Icon, with Susan Seid and Trina Turk
What Can We Still Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright

Cocktails, Parties, and Nightlife

“A Night at the Chi-Chi”
Edith Farnsworth: Fierce and Fearless. An Elegant Afternoon Reception in Support of the Edith Farnsworth House
Golf Par-Tee and Tournament at Seven Lakes Golf & Country Club
Palm Springs Polynesia – South Sea Islands in the Desert
Shag’s Modernism Week Print Release Party
Shag’s Modernism Week Tiki & Architectural Prints Party
“Unexpected Modernism: The Wiener Brothers Story”

CAMP Highlights

Free performances by The Dreamboats
Thursday Free Films
Sunday Free Films
3D Printed Houses – Designing for the Future
Bakersfield Built: an Unlikely Modernism 1930-1970
Capturing the Spirit of the Modern Garden
Case Study House #26 at 60
Designed for Dancing: How Midcentury Records Taught America to Dance
Edith Farnsworth House – Clearly Original
Framing the Desert
Jock Peters: A Forgotten Early Modernist in Los Angeles
Julius Shulman’s Modern San Diego
Landscape/Modernism: The Twentieth-Century Invention of a Style
Love and Buildings: Alfred Hitchcock’s Architectural Infatuations
Marfa Modern – Houses as Site Specific Art
Modernism-by-the-Sea: Midcentury Architecture on the Monterey Bay
Modernism in the Middle: Exhibit Columbus and the Future of the Middle City
Motel Americana
Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home
Preserving Los Angeles: A Kaleidoscopic Tour of L.A.’s Built Heritage
Regenerative Landscapes and Climate Adaptation
Sandfuture
Santa Fe Modern – Where the Ancient and the up-to-the-Minute Define Place
Scaling 3D Printing To The Community Level: A Net Zero Master Plan
Sculptura Botanica
Sister Corita – with love to the everyday miracle
Surfacedesign on Modern Landscapes: California and Beyond
The Architecture of Whimsy: Mid-Twentieth Century Modern Architecture in South Florida
The Geometry of Home: The Family Story of the Stahl House – Includes Signed Book
The Glass House in Color: Coloring Midcentury Modern Architecture
The Partnership of Russel and Mary Wright
Where Today Meets Tomorrow – Eero Saarinen and the General Motors Technical Center

2022 Program Guide

2022 Schedule Guide

NBCares Silver Linings Modernism Week 2022